ominous
英 [ˈɒm.ɪ.nəs]
美 [ˈɑː.mə.nəs]
将“ominous”与“omin”(拉丁语中意为“不吉利的”)结合,想象一个乌云密布的天空(omin)预示着即将到来的不祥或坏兆头,从而帮助记忆这个单词的含义为“不吉利的,预兆不祥的”。
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ominous 不祥的来自omen,预兆,预示,-ous,形容词后缀。即有预兆的,在早期也可指吉兆,现仅用来指凶兆,不祥的。
- ominous (adj.)
- 1580s, from Latin ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen (genitive ominis) "foreboding" (see omen). Related: Ominousness.
- 1. The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous.
- 远处隆隆的雷声听着愈发惊心,要变天了。
- 2. It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
- 进展很不顺利,对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
- 3. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic.
- 这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。
- 4. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
- 不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
- 5. Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.
- 那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆.